Thats according to a senior republican aide. The latest count right now against the current form is nine senators are currently a no on the bill as it stands. Where do they go from here . Where is the compromise if they havent found it already . Does Mitch Mcconnell have some magic trick up his sleeve . Lets go to capitol hill right now. Phil mattingly is there. I know you love magic trips. Its no time for fun and games today. Its serious. Is there an air of optimism on the hill or is it Something Else . Theres relief theyre not trying to force a vote today. Enough members as you noted, nine members, including three after the vote was delayed coming out in opposition. There were more members with Major Concerns than just that that we saw publicly behind closed. Theres relief. Is there some sense things are going to come to conclusion, theyre going to figure out a way to sing merrily towards 50 votes . Theres not. If you look at the debate within the republican party, you have Medicaid
Youre in the cnn newsroom. Hello, im ana cabrera in new york. We begin with Trumps White House shakeup as he reshuffles the inner circling perhaps bringing in new faces and a new direction. John kelly is the new white house chief of staff. Now the question is who will the president pick to replace general kelly as Homeland Security secretary . He takes over for Reince Priebus who became a target of scaramucci. The man who calls himself the mooch. Referred to priebus as a paranoid schizophrenic this week and now hes the sixth member of the Trump Administration to resign or be fired since february. Amid this change, President Trump began his day in a similar and familiar fashion as he does on many a weekend, many a day on twitter. He slammed the republicans for failing to Pass Health Care reform and he complained about the russia investigation. Our reporters are covering every angle of the white house shakeup. We begin with Caitlyn Collins live and Diane Gallagher in washington as well.
In fact those two leaders, Chuck Grassley and dianifeinstein had reached out to the special Councils Office to make sure if they heard testimony from Paul Manafort, make sure it was not complicate with whatever he was doing as part of his own investigation and any collusion that may have occurred. Now, in a statement from the spokesman for Chuck Grassley, the statement says that bob muellers office has not responded to the questions raised by the Committee Leaders about whether or not it would conflict in any way by having Paul Manafort before the committees. As a result, pam, theyre considering delaying a hearing that would be on a separate topic about the issue of the foreign agents registration act, which of course is a statute that requires disclosure of that, Paul Manafort worked for the Ukrainian Government, of course. And theyre considering delays to see if Paul Manafort could testify, but also of interest is donald trump junior, Chuck Grassley confirming to suzanne malveaux, he
This is not a sign of a rift in the west wing. Its rather a recess. The president has a right to hit a reset button. I think its a good time to hit the reset button. I think he was right to hit the resut button. And i think it was something that i think the white house needs. I think its healthy. Will it be a reset for trumps agenda . This week was punctuated by Senate Republicans failure to repeal and replace obamacare and today the president is tweeting major krcriticisms against gop lawmakers, a seeping misunderstanding about how the vote failed. More on that in a moment. But first lets talk more about this Major Staffing change within the executive branch. Reince priebus is the sixth member of the Trump Administration to resign or be fired since february. Im joined by cnn White House Reporter caitlyn collins, live on the north lawn. We know priebus has also been accused of being a source of the leaks from the white house. Are you hearing anything more about whether that is indeed c
Political director david stall on, jim acosta, Caitlyn Collins, and abbey phillip. Also with us, amie parnes. So good to have all of you on this evening. Jim, the administration facing a major hurdle on health care and the white house again refused to hold a live, oncamera press briefing hours after the president took to twitter to attack the media. Hes calling out cnn. Hes calling out the Washington Post, the New York Times, among other news organizations as fake news. Is it a war on free press . Is that the strategy of this white house . Its definitely part of the strategy over here at the white house, don. Heres why. The president does not have any major legislative achievements to speak of at this point. Hes trying to get health care passed. He talked about the surprise that is apparently in store for all of us in the coming days, but weve heard the president talk about surprises before. He talked about possible tapes that he had of jim comey. That did not materialize. And this is